federal regulation

collocation in English

meaningsoffederalandregulation

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federal
adjective
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/ˈfed.ər.əl/us
/ˈfed.ɚ.əl/
relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries such as ...
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regulation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
an official rule or the act of ...
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(Definition offederalandregulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His anecdotes lighten the tone of what might be considered more turgid information on rail and road construction, flight paths, plane types andfederalregulation.
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Federalregulationthus proceeded without the leverage of statutory law, the stronger of these two regulatory traditions.
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Opponents offederalregulationmay challenge federal competence in the courts.
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There was in any case a qualitative difference between state regulation in the nineteenth century andfederalregulationin the twentieth century.
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These include increasedfederalregulation, disparate farmer incomes, disappearance of the mid-sized farm, and urban sprawl.
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Moreover, there is a dearth offederalregulationin this area.
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Federalregulationwent along, of course.
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An instrument designed to facilitate trade between states thereby became a vehicle for torrents offederalregulation.
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He supports free market policies and minimalfederalregulationof state commerce.
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States have also used litigation to forcefederalregulation.
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Natural gas producers argued that wellhead sales were exempt fromfederalregulationas production and gathering.
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There is nofederalregulationon no exit.
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Second, such a system would eliminate the possibility offederalregulationof gas within the province.
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The federal government has explicitly exempted insurance fromfederalregulationin most cases.
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It especially led to greatly increasedfederalregulationof the economy.
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Federalregulationof agricultural production has been modified many times since then, but together with large subsidies is still in effect in 2012.
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However, tribes were still subject tofederalregulationand laws.
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As tofederalregulationof the activities of commercial banks, what we need is not more, but less, of it.
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For example, a heavily-polluting power plant could be built in the period that afederalregulationis law.
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